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EDMOND DALE WIMMERGREN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 15, 1949 – August 7, 1969
Service recordEdmond Dale Wimmergren, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 110
- LEWIS LEROY SHORTSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
- FREDERICK WELSHPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- RICHARD LEE WILSONPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- LIONEL WORKMANSergeant · August 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERALD MICHAEL HYATTSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 107
- LIONEL WORKMANSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 110
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.